OK, these are \u201cChristmas\u201d only by a loose definition in some cases, and they\u2019re also sometimes not \u201cmovies\u201d. But you can watch them on the audiovisual display system of your choice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Without further explanation, this eccentrically curated list was created by your author and The Lovely Rebecca, and has been arranged with some deliberation. Not much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
November 25: The Blue Carbuncle<\/em>, we\u2019ll be watching the Jeremy Brett edition of this Christmasy Sherlock Holmes classic<\/p>\n\n\n\n November 26: It\u2019s a Wonderful Life<\/em>, but let\u2019s admit it: Pottersville seems pretty fun<\/p>\n\n\n\n November 27: Blackadder\u2019s Cbristmas Carol,<\/em> no explanation needed, I hope<\/p>\n\n\n\n November 28: X-Files<\/em>, \u201cHow the Ghosts Stole Christmas\u201d, for your deep cut Christmas pleasure<\/p>\n\n\n\n November 29: All Creatures Great and Small<\/em> \u201cMerry Gentlemen\u201d, one of many Christmas episodes in this BBC adaptation of the James Herriot veterinary memoirs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n November 30: National Lampoon\u2019s Christmas Vacation<\/em>, we\u2019ve never seen it, so let\u2019s give it a try<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 1: A Charlie Brown Christmas<\/em>, no explanation needed<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 2: The Lady in the Lake<\/em>, Marlowe Noir + Christmas, how can this go wrong?<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 3: How the Grinch Stole Christmas<\/em>, this household doesn\u2019t recognize any version not narrated by Boris Karloff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 4: Emmet Otter\u2019s Jug-Band Christmas<\/em>, a Muppet Christmas special we haven\u2019t seen? And it\u2019s technically Can-con? OK!<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 5: Elf<\/em>, because of course we have to include Will Ferrell\u2019s fourth-best movie (behind, in no order, Talladega Nights, Stranger Than Fiction, <\/em>& The Other Guys<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 6: A Wish for Wings That Work<\/em>, an odd Bloom County animated special that was all but disavowed by Berke Breathed<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 7: The Snowman<\/em>, this is a lovely animated version of the Raymond Briggs classic<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 8: Trading Places<\/em>, which is a more remarkable movie than you likely realize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 9: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer<\/em>, maybe the pinnacle of Rankin\/Bass specials<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 10: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang<\/em>, an underrated neo-noir with enough Christmas to make this list<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 11: The Nightmare Before Christmas, <\/em>\u201cbut wait!\u201d I hear you say, \u201cisn\u2019t that a Halloween movie?\u201d Reader, it\u2019s both<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 12: A Christmas Story<\/em>, I\u2019m not sure this ages as well as the others on this list, it\u2019s a bit slow in places, but there\u2019s so many good vignettes<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 13: 2046,<\/em> this Wong Kar-Wai masterpiece is many things, including a Christmas movie<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 14: The Box of Delights<\/em> \u201cWhen the Wolves Were Running,\u201d a BBC classic recommended to me, so here we go<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 15: Jingle Bell Rocks<\/em>, an obscure documentary about Christmas music collectors, if you like this sort of thing, you may like it very much<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 16: Scrooged<\/em>, because I am not re-watching A Very Murray Christmas<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n December 17: A Christmas Carol<\/em>, we mean the Alastair Sim version<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 18: A Very Venture Christmas<\/em>, hijinks ensue when Krampus crashes the Christmas party, Rebecca is happy this is only 11 minutes long<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 19: Miracle on 34th Street<\/em>, the 1947 original<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 20: In Bruges<\/em>, the greatest hitman comedy is also a great Christmas movie<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 21: Santa Claus is Comin\u2019 to Town<\/em>, another Rankin\/Bass classic, this a ludicrous Kris Kringle origin story that\u2019s a bit too fun to miss<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 22: Tokyo Godfathers<\/em>, I haven\u2019t seen this weird anime from Satoshi \u201cCowboy Bebop\u201d Kon, so here we go<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 23: Holiday Inn<\/em>, the musical with \u201cWhite Christmas\u201d in it. OK, the first musical with \u201cWhite Christmas\u201d in it. White Christmas <\/em>was the second musical with \u201cWhite Christmas\u201d in it<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 24: Die Hard<\/em>, Now I have a machine gun, ho ho ho<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 25: The Muppet Christmas Carol<\/em>, underrated as one of the most faithful renditions of the classic story, and one of four (!) we will be watching<\/p>\n\n\n\n And that\u2019s the list, we\u2019ll be working on the other 11 days of Christmas shortly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" OK, these are \u201cChristmas\u201d only by a loose definition in some cases, and they\u2019re also sometimes not \u201cmovies\u201d. But you can watch them on the audiovisual display system of your choice. Without further explanation, this eccentrically curated list was created by your author and The Lovely Rebecca, and has been arranged with some deliberation. 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